Lecturer- Teaching Focused

University of Birmingham
- School of Education

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £40,792 to £48,677, with potential progression once in post to £54,765

Grade 8

Job Role

The MA Character Education, run by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues in the School of Education, is the first and only Masters of its kind in the world. The Programme adopts a multi-disciplinary (predominantly Education, Philosophy and Psychology) approach and focuses on the theory and practice of human flourishing. Students on the Programme come from a range of sectors; including education (formal and non-formal), voluntary and business.

Main duties and responsibilities

Teaching focused Lecturer role-holders will

Contribute to leading distance learning curriculum development and/or renewal; and

Develop and manage approaches to online teaching and learning that are innovative to character education; and

Advance the practice of teaching in their modules and within the school, and play an important role in student academic support; and

Inform their teaching practice by discipline based research; and

Frequently update own expertise in character education and its related disciplines and undertake personal professional development in teaching,

Including self-reflection on own teaching, using student and peer review feedback, to enhance own teaching and learning processes; and

Develop and make substantial contributions to knowledge transfer and enterprise (including business engagement, public engagement) and similar activity that is of manifest benefit to the College and the University.

In addition, they may play an important role in the recruitment and admission of students; and co-supervise, with a research focused or research and teaching focused member of staff, doctoral students to completion.

Plan and review own teaching approaches and acting as a mentor to encourage others to do the same

Develop programme proposals and make substantial contributions to the design of teaching programmes more widely in the Department or School, as appropriate

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience Required

Normally, a higher Degree relevant to the discipline area (usually PhD) or equivalent qualifications.

Extensive research/teaching experience and scholarship within character education.

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